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Buckingham Browne & Nichols School

January 01, 1970

Buckingham Browne & Nichols School, often referred to as BB&N, is an independent co-educational day school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, educating students from pre-kindergarten (called Beginners) through twelfth grade. The School has produced three of the 27 Presidential Scholars from Massachusetts since the inception of the program in 1964 and is a member of the G30 Schools group and the Round Square global education association.[4]

Buckingham Browne & Nichols School
Address
80 Gerry's Landing Road

Cambridge
,
Massachusetts
02138

United States
Information
TypePrivate, Independent
MottoHonestas, Litterae, Comitas
(Honor, Scholarship, and Kindness)
Religious affiliation(s)None
Established1883 (1883) – Browne & Nichols
1889 – Buckingham School
CEEB code220475
DeanRory Morton
Head of schoolJennifer Price
GradesPre-K–12
Enrollment1,003[1]
Student to teacher ratio6:1[1]
Campuses3
Color(s)Blue & Gold    
SongJerusalem
Athletics conferenceIndependent School League
MascotKnight
NicknameBB&N
AccreditationNEASC[2]
NewspaperThe Vanguard, The Mouthguard, The Point of View, CHASM, The Benchwarmer
YearbookThe Perspective
Budget$43,998,280[1]
Annual tuition$60,650 (grades 7-12)
Websitewww.bbns.org

Origins edit

Browne & Nichols School (B&N) was founded in 1883 by George Henry Browne, a 25-year-old Harvard graduate who, having embarked on a career as a teacher of Latin and English literature, attracted the attention of his former professors Francis J. Child and Charles Eliot Norton. Seeking an alternative to the Cambridge public schools, Child and Norton recruited Browne to teach their three sons and two other boys. At the end of that year, Browne enlisted his Harvard classmate Edgar H. Nichols to join him as the co-head of a new college preparatory school, which opened in the fall with an enrollment of 17, a number that quickly expanded.

The Buckingham School was named and incorporated in 1902, but the first schoolhouse was opened in 1892, known as Miss Markham's School after its founding headmistress. Because Jeanette Markham had been conducting classes for small children in a private school since at least 1889, that is the year from which Buckingham dates its beginning.

Markham came to Cambridge from Atchison, Kansas to pursue an education at the recently founded women's college later named Radcliffe. Upon arriving in Cambridge, she found a home with Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson on Buckingham Street, to whom she is said to have become "virtually an elder daughter" (59). After she began teaching in a neighbor's home, another neighbor, Mrs. Richard H. Dana, offered to build a schoolhouse and living quarters nearby, where the school began with 12 students. That schoolhouse continues to be part of BB&N's Lower School campus to this day.

School buildings and campuses edit

 
Upper School

During the year 1882–1883, before Browne & Nichols came into formal existence, founder George H. Browne taught his small group of students in two rooms in Harvard's Felton Hall. With the formation of the school in 1883, instruction took place at 11 Appian Way, with the addition of another building at 8 Garden Street. Radcliffe College, which now occupies this land, wished to expand here, and so it made an exchange with B&N, which relocated in 1897 to a new brick building at 20 Garden Street. That building was designed by Edgar Nichols's sister-in-law, Minerva Parker Nichols, and is said to be "the first important building by a woman architect."[5]

Athletics edit

 
BB&N's Nicholas Athletic Center from the side.
 
The entrance to the Nicholas Athletic Center.

Rowing edit

The name of the school's athletic teams, "the Knights", has its origins in a 1920s Boston Globe article which referred to the rowing team in particular, undefeated against the likes of Harvard, MIT and Kent School, as "the Black Knights of the Charles", itself a reference to the Army Black Knights. In addition to taking the team name, Browne & Nichols also took black and white as its colors after the article. The Buckingham School's colors, blue and gold, were made the combined school's colors after the merger. The school was the first American schoolboy crew to win the Henley Royal Regatta in Henley-on-Thames, England, winning the Thames Challenge Cup in 1929.[6][7] The Washington Post commented:

"The Thames Challenge Cup, prize of England's famous rowing tournament, was captured today by eight young oarsmen from the Browne and Nichols School...The American boys, after each victory, gave a fine display of school spirit and overflowing "pep" which added to their already great popularity on the river...Their success was the more impressive when it is considered that the average age of the oarsmen is younger than the average of their defeated rivals. The boys will be received by the American Ambassador at London Monday and then will begin an educational tour of England."[8]

Tennis edit

In 2004, the girls varsity tennis team became ISL Champions for the first time in school history. The boys varsity tennis team won the New England Class B Tournament in 2004, the 2005 ISL Championship, and finished second in the 2007 New England Class B Tournament.[9]

Other sports edit

BB&N also has both girls' and boys' hockey teams, although the boys team has had a losing record in the past 4 years and has had 3 different coaches throughout that time.[10]

Notable alumni edit

Browne & Nichols edit

Buckingham edit

BB&N edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Quick Facts – Buckingham Browne & Nichols". www.bbns.org.
  2. ^ . November 21, 2008 . Archived from the original (PDF) on November 21, 2008. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ a b https://www.bbns.org/uploaded/PDFs/All_School/BB_N_Profile_2017-18.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ . presidentialscholars.org. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
  5. ^ Lois Lilley Howe, The History of Garden Street, Cambridge Historical Society, 1949, page 47 2016-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Columbia Beaten by English Crew ... Browne & Nichols Wins", The New York Times, July 6, 1929. p 9.
  7. ^ "BOSTON PREPS CAPTURE CUP IN HENLEY REGATTA.", The Chicago Daily Tribune: Jul 7, 1929. ; p. A4
  8. ^ THAMES BOAT FEATURE TO U.S. LADS; Brown-Nichols School Wins Challenge Cup in Upset.", The Washington Post. Jul 7, 1929. ; p. M16.
  9. ^ "2004 New England Team Championships". preptennis.org.
  10. ^ "Boys Hockey". The Vanguard. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
  11. ^ "Mass.gov". Mass.gov.
  12. ^ . June 13, 2007. Archived from the original on June 13, 2007.
  13. ^ . Archived from the original on 2017-11-21. Retrieved 2017-11-21.
  14. ^ . June 4, 2007. Archived from the original on June 4, 2007.
  15. ^ "BB&N Bulletin". Fall 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2024. Of his many friends from B&N, particular mention should be made of...Jere Burns '73
  16. ^ "Player Perspective: Andrew Chin". ESPN. August 5, 2010.
  17. ^ "Zak Zinter - Football". University of Michigan Athletics.

External links edit

  • Official site
  • Buckingham Browne & Nichols School on Twitter
  • Buckingham Browne & Nichols School on Instagram. Archived from the original on ghostarchive.org

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Buckingham Browne amp Nichols School news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message Buckingham Browne amp Nichols School often referred to as BB amp N is an independent co educational day school in Cambridge Massachusetts educating students from pre kindergarten called Beginners through twelfth grade The School has produced three of the 27 Presidential Scholars from Massachusetts since the inception of the program in 1964 and is a member of the G30 Schools group and the Round Square global education association 4 Buckingham Browne amp Nichols SchoolAddress80 Gerry s Landing RoadCambridge Massachusetts 02138United StatesInformationTypePrivate IndependentMottoHonestas Litterae Comitas Honor Scholarship and Kindness Religious affiliation s NoneEstablished1883 1883 Browne amp Nichols1889 Buckingham SchoolCEEB code220475DeanRory MortonHead of schoolJennifer PriceGradesPre K 12Enrollment1 003 1 Student to teacher ratio6 1 1 Campuses3Color s Blue amp Gold SongJerusalemAthletics conferenceIndependent School LeagueMascotKnightNicknameBB amp NAccreditationNEASC 2 NewspaperThe Vanguard The Mouthguard The Point of View CHASM The BenchwarmerYearbookThe PerspectiveBudget 43 998 280 1 Annual tuition 60 650 grades 7 12 Websitewww wbr bbns wbr org Contents 1 Origins 2 School buildings and campuses 3 Athletics 3 1 Rowing 3 2 Tennis 3 3 Other sports 4 Notable alumni 4 1 Browne amp Nichols 4 2 Buckingham 4 3 BB amp N 5 References 6 External linksOrigins editBrowne amp Nichols School B amp N was founded in 1883 by George Henry Browne a 25 year old Harvard graduate who having embarked on a career as a teacher of Latin and English literature attracted the attention of his former professors Francis J Child and Charles Eliot Norton Seeking an alternative to the Cambridge public schools Child and Norton recruited Browne to teach their three sons and two other boys At the end of that year Browne enlisted his Harvard classmate Edgar H Nichols to join him as the co head of a new college preparatory school which opened in the fall with an enrollment of 17 a number that quickly expanded The Buckingham School was named and incorporated in 1902 but the first schoolhouse was opened in 1892 known as Miss Markham s School after its founding headmistress Because Jeanette Markham had been conducting classes for small children in a private school since at least 1889 that is the year from which Buckingham dates its beginning Markham came to Cambridge from Atchison Kansas to pursue an education at the recently founded women s college later named Radcliffe Upon arriving in Cambridge she found a home with Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson on Buckingham Street to whom she is said to have become virtually an elder daughter 59 After she began teaching in a neighbor s home another neighbor Mrs Richard H Dana offered to build a schoolhouse and living quarters nearby where the school began with 12 students That schoolhouse continues to be part of BB amp N s Lower School campus to this day School buildings and campuses edit nbsp Upper School During the year 1882 1883 before Browne amp Nichols came into formal existence founder George H Browne taught his small group of students in two rooms in Harvard s Felton Hall With the formation of the school in 1883 instruction took place at 11 Appian Way with the addition of another building at 8 Garden Street Radcliffe College which now occupies this land wished to expand here and so it made an exchange with B amp N which relocated in 1897 to a new brick building at 20 Garden Street That building was designed by Edgar Nichols s sister in law Minerva Parker Nichols and is said to be the first important building by a woman architect 5 Athletics edit nbsp BB amp N s Nicholas Athletic Center from the side nbsp The entrance to the Nicholas Athletic Center Rowing edit The name of the school s athletic teams the Knights has its origins in a 1920s Boston Globe article which referred to the rowing team in particular undefeated against the likes of Harvard MIT and Kent School as the Black Knights of the Charles itself a reference to the Army Black Knights In addition to taking the team name Browne amp Nichols also took black and white as its colors after the article The Buckingham School s colors blue and gold were made the combined school s colors after the merger The school was the first American schoolboy crew to win the Henley Royal Regatta in Henley on Thames England winning the Thames Challenge Cup in 1929 6 7 The Washington Post commented The Thames Challenge Cup prize of England s famous rowing tournament was captured today by eight young oarsmen from the Browne and Nichols School The American boys after each victory gave a fine display of school spirit and overflowing pep which added to their already great popularity on the river Their success was the more impressive when it is considered that the average age of the oarsmen is younger than the average of their defeated rivals The boys will be received by the American Ambassador at London Monday and then will begin an educational tour of England 8 Tennis edit In 2004 the girls varsity tennis team became ISL Champions for the first time in school history The boys varsity tennis team won the New England Class B Tournament in 2004 the 2005 ISL Championship and finished second in the 2007 New England Class B Tournament 9 Other sports edit BB amp N also has both girls and boys hockey teams although the boys team has had a losing record in the past 4 years and has had 3 different coaches throughout that time 10 Notable alumni editBrowne amp Nichols edit Edward Burlingame Hill class of 1888 American composer Langdon Warner class of 1898 archaeologist art historian and member of World War II Monuments Men Richard Norton archaeologist professor director of the Archaeological Institute of America Arthur L Conger class of 1899 noted theosophist and writer Alfred V Kidder class of 1903 preeminent early twentieth century archaeologist of the American Southwest and Mesoamerica Thomas Dudley Cabot class of 1913 American businessman and philanthropist William Bosworth Castle class of 1914 American physician and pioneer in field of hematology Tadeusz Adamowski class of 1918 hockey player on Polish Olympic Team 1928 coach of national team Sherwin Badger class of 1918 national figure skating champion and Silver Medal Olympian John Moors Cabot class of 1919 U S Ambassador to five nations Georgetown University professor Robert Bradford 11 class of 1920 Governor of Massachusetts Thomas Hopkinson Eliot class of 1924 congressman from Massachusetts and chancellor of Washington University in St Louis politician and major figure behind the Social Security Act 12 Eliot Noyes class of 1927 architect and industrial designer John Caskey class of 1927 American archaeologist and excavator of Troy George C Homans class of 1927 American sociologist and founder of behavioral sociology C Conrad Wright class of 1933 scholar and American religious historian Charles Pence Slichter class of 1941 nuclear physicist and winner of the National Medal of Science Robert Brink class of 1942 violinist conductor professor who premiered works by Walter Piston Henry Cowell Alan Hovhaness and Daniel Pinkham Richard A Smith class of 1942 president of General Cinemas later CEO of Harcourt General Roger Longrigg class of 1945 Scottish born author of 55 popular novels Giles Constable class of 1946 educator and historian of the Middle Ages Kirk Bryan class of 1947 oceanographer regarded as founder of numerical ocean modeling Charles Colson class of 1949 chief counsel to President Richard Nixon Watergate indictee Anthony Perkins class of 1950 actor most famous for Psycho Equus and Friendly Persuasion Jonathan Moore class of 1950 government official specializing in foreign affairs Allan Rosenfield class of 1951 physician and advocate for women s health Anton Kuerti class of 1952 pianist Robert M O Neil class of 1952 college president and founder of the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression Peter Haskell class of 1953 film and television actor Nam Pyo Suh class of 1955 president of KAIST Truman Bewley class of 1959 economist authority on sticky wages and namesake of Bewley models Deirdre McCloskey class of 1960 economist historian and rhetorician 13 Paul Michael Glaser class of 1961 did not graduate actor Chris Burden class of 1964 performance conceptual artist Paul Williams class of 1965 founder of Crawdaddy magazine Ben Bradlee Jr class of 1966 The Boston Globe journalist and author Dave Hynes class of 1969 former professional hockey player for the Boston Bruins Jeffrey Lurie class of 1969 owner of Philadelphia Eagles Andy Pratt singer songwriter class of 1969 rock music singer songwriter and multi instrumentalist Alexander Vershbow class of 1970 former Ambassador to the Republic of Korea former Ambassador to Russia former Ambassador to NATO 14 Dennis Choi class of 1970 educator and neuroscientist Patrick Sullivan class of 1971 former general manager of New England Patriots Jere Burns class of 1973 actor 15 Buckingham edit Katharine Sergeant Angell White class of 1910 writer and fiction editor for The New Yorker magazine 1925 1960 Helen B Taussig class of 1912 cardiologist and founder of field of pediatric cardiology Helenka Pantaleoni class of 1914 silent film actress and humanitarian Eleanor Sayre class of 1934 museum curator and authority on prints of Francisco Goya Joanne Simpson class of 1940 NASA s lead weather researcher and first woman to earn a Ph D in meteorology Eleanor Sanger class of 1946 Emmy Award winning TV sports producer Margaret Bryan Davis class of 1949 distinguished ecologist specializing in palynology and paleoecology Svetlana Alpers class of 1953 noted art historian and author of The Art of Describing Susan Howe class of 1955 poet scholar essayist and critic Jane Holtz Kay class of 1956 urban design and architecture critic Fanny Howe class of 1958 poet short story writer and novelist Toby Lerner Ansin Class of 1959 Founder Miami City Ballet Ellen Goodman class of 1959 Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Margaret Atherton Class of 1961 historian and philosopher Annalena Tonelli Class of 1962 social activist known as Mother Teresa of Somalia Sylvia Poggioli Class of 1964 NPR European Correspondent Mary Lord Class of 1971 journalist Susan Butcher Class of 1972 dog musher and four time winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race BB amp N edit John Grayken class of 1974 founder and chairman of Lone Star funds Andre Balazs class of 1975 hotelier and residential developer Hilary Bok class of 1976 Henry R Luce Professor of Bioethics and Moral amp Political Theory at the Johns Hopkins University Dr Peter Slavin class of 1976 president of Massachusetts General Hospital from 2003 2021 Charles Bailyn class of 1977 the A Bartlett Giamatti Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Yale University and inaugural dean of faculty at Yale NUS College James E Baker class of 1978 former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces Kate Davis class of 1978 documentary filmmaker Reed Hastings class of 1978 founder and CEO of Netflix Jonathan Collier class of 1979 television writer for The Simpsons and others Abigail Johnson class of 1980 Fidelity Investments Wendy Artin class of 1980 internationally exhibited painter David Cohen class of 1981 attorney and Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2015 17 Melinda McGraw class of 1981 film and television actress Michael Sloan class of 1981 Pulitzer Prize winning illustrator and co creator of comic Welcome to the New World David Kris class of 1984 lawyer and national security expert Peter Ocko class of 1984 television writer and producer David Sze class of 1984 Greylock Partners investor in Facebook and LinkedIn Michael Moynihan class of 1987 did not graduate journalist publisher and musician Nicole Cherubini class of 1988 sculptor and visual artist Peter Beinart class of 1989 editor of New Republic and Rhodes Scholar Agata Passent class of 1991 Polish journalist and writer Alison Folland class of 1997 award winning film actress Mindy Kaling class of 1997 actress and writer on NBC s The Office creator and star of Fox s The Mindy Project Courtney Kennedy class of 1997 US National Hockey Team player Scott Belsky class of 1998 entrepreneur author co creator of online portfolio platform Behance Joseph P Kennedy III class of 1999 Representative for Massachusetts 4th Congressional District Rachel Platten class of 1999 singer and songwriter of Fight Song Ari Graynor class of 2001 Broadway and Hollywood actress Josh Zakim class of 2001 Boston City Councilor Loren Galler Rabinowitz class of 2004 noted figure skater Miss Massachusetts 2010 Jack Carlson class of 2005 U S national team rower World Championships bronze medalist author Sarah Bullard class of 2007 professional women s lacrosse player Jake Rosenzweig class of 2007 racing driver Marina Keegan class of 2008 author of The Opposite of Loneliness Dan Slavin class of 2011 entrepreneur hedge fund manager Stephanie McCaffrey class of 2011 professional soccer player Andrew Chin class of 2011 baseball player 16 Rhett Wiseman class of 2012 professional baseball player Zak Zinter class of 2020 offensive guard for the Michigan Wolverines 17 Jack Panayotou class of 2022 professional soccer playerReferences edit a b c Quick Facts Buckingham Browne amp Nichols www bbns org November 21 2008 https web archive org web 20081121004805 http bbns org link documents oct08 pdf Archived from the original PDF on November 21 2008 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help a b https www bbns org uploaded PDFs All School BB N Profile 2017 18 pdf bare URL PDF Presidential Scholars presidentialscholars org Archived from the original on 22 July 2011 Retrieved 23 September 2010 Lois Lilley Howe The History of Garden Street Cambridge Historical Society 1949 page 47 Archived 2016 10 27 at the Wayback Machine Columbia Beaten by English Crew Browne amp Nichols Wins The New York Times July 6 1929 p 9 BOSTON PREPS CAPTURE CUP IN HENLEY REGATTA The Chicago Daily Tribune Jul 7 1929 p A4 THAMES BOAT FEATURE TO U S LADS Brown Nichols School Wins Challenge Cup in Upset The Washington Post Jul 7 1929 p M16 2004 New England Team Championships preptennis org Boys Hockey The Vanguard Retrieved 2020 01 17 Mass gov Mass gov THOMAS H ELIOT LEGISLATOR AND EDUCATOR June 13 2007 Archived from the original on June 13 2007 Deirdre Nansen McCloskey B amp N 60 Archived from the original on 2017 11 21 Retrieved 2017 11 21 BB amp N Academics The Upper School Curriculum Foreign Language June 4 2007 Archived from the original on June 4 2007 BB amp N Bulletin Fall 2020 Retrieved April 3 2024 Of his many friends from B amp N particular mention should be made of Jere Burns 73 Player Perspective Andrew Chin ESPN August 5 2010 Zak Zinter Football University of Michigan Athletics External links editOfficial site Buckingham Browne amp Nichols School on Twitter Buckingham Browne amp Nichols School on Instagram Archived from the original on ghostarchive org 42 22 45 N 71 07 47 W 42 3791 N 71 1296 W 42 3791 71 1296 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Buckingham Browne 26 Nichols School amp oldid 1221135564, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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